Glass-cutter&#39;s table



'March 2 1926.

L. A. GROLEMUND GLASS CUTTER S TABLE Filed NOV. 1.2, 1923 39 42. AS ooaoopo I VI@ I 'IIIJIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIUII ers -I I I I I IIIIIIIIIIU Patented Mar. 2, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAWRENCE A. GROLEMUND, OF CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR T0 THE LIBBEY-OWENS SHEET GLASS COMPANY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF 4 OHIO.

GLASS-CUTTER S TABLE.

Application `filed November 12, 1923.. -Seria1No. 674,142.

To ,all whom t may concer/a:

, Be it known that I, LAWRENCE A. GrnoLn- MUND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Charleston, in the county of Kanawha and State of West Virginia, have invented lnew and useful Improvements in Glass-Cutters Tables, of which the following lis =a specication.

This invention relates to an improved form of glass cutters table. More particularly, the invention -relates to a table on which sheets of glass, whose dimensions are measured in fractionalV inches, Vmay be squared, measured, and cut. I

The usual form of glass .cutters `table now in commercial use,\embodies a pair of iparallel scale members positioned .adjacent opposite edges of the tabletop, and each termed with a row of spaced pins for positioning and holding lthe straight-edge which guides `the cutting tool. .One previously squared edge of the sheet of glass .will Vbe lined up 'with a ylined gauging edge of the table', and Vthe straight-edge will then be positioned against the "appropriate pins and the glass scored by manually drawing a .cutting tool along one. side of the straight-edge. Usually ther pins are so spaced .that an even number of inches will be measured `from the lgauging edge loft the table to the score line. If it is desired .to measure `the `sheet in tractional inches on such a table, vit is necessary and holding pins are movable lengthwise of the table and means is provided yfor simultaneously adjusting these ltwo slides the. desired fraction of an inch away from the iiXed table edge. If the straight-edge Vis then positioned against the pins for the desired even number of inches the Jfractional inch measurement will automatically he added. The glass sheet is lined up even with the xed edge of the table as is the lcase when the table is normally used for measuring even inches.

The invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description otone preferred form :of theapparatus.

In the accompanying drawings: Fig. l. isa plan `view .of the table with ya sheet of glass and the straight-edge in position thereon.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through thel table taken substantially on the line 2-2of 'bar 3, preferably of metal, is adjustably mounted within a groove in `the table vtop `so Athat ,its yupper face `will besubstantially iiush with 1thefsur'aceof the table. This strip :3 carries a series of small vertically projecting y.pins 4L. These pins are usually spaced at equal intervalsiof one inch. A-similar strip 5 carrying horizontally projecting pins -6 is mounted in the vertical front face of the table near the upper surface. thereof. The straight'i-edge 7 is provided with a handle 8 .at one end, and the opposite end is pointed as at Suso that it may be projected between two. of the measuring pins L on bar V3. A pin i i l()v projects downwardly Vfrom the lower tace of straight-edge 7 adjacent the handle 8, and this pin is adapted to be positioned between a pair of the horizontally projecting pins 6 on bar 5. The `.pins 4 and 6 .are so proportioned and spaced that when the straight-.edge 7l `is properly positioned between the appropriate pins 4. and 6, a ycutting-tool drawn along the right-hand side of .the straighteedge, as shown in Fig. I1,.wil.l make a score line at some even number of inches from the Yfixed measuring edge l1 of `the table. Usually a metallic angle har 12 is inset in this edge l'l of the table yto provide a permanent edge Jfrom which measurements are made, and over which the glass sheet may be conveniently cracked off at the score line. All of the above substantially illustrates a common form of table now in use and well adapted for cutting sheets measured in even inches. However, if it is desired with such a table to cut sheets measured in fractional inches, it is necessary to move the zero edge of the sheet inward the desired fraction of an inch from the measuring edge 11 of the table, in order that this fraction will be added to the even inches measured on the scales on bars 3 and 5.

In the improved form of table here disclosed, the bars 3 and 5 are not directly secured to the table 1, but are adjustably mounted on slide bars 13 and 14, respectively. Set screws 15 pass through slots 16 -in the bars 3 and 5 and screw into the supporting slides 13 or 14. rl`he slides 13 and 14 are rigidly connected by suitable crossbraces such as 17 and 18 beneath the table top, so that the two slides will travel 'together as a unit. A lever 19, pivoted at one end 2O to the lower side of the table, is intermediately connected by pin and slot connection 21 with a portion 22 of brace-member 17. The other end of lever 19, which projects somewhat beyond the front of table beneath the forward edge of the table. -A

small portion of the table top is cut away at 27,-and in this cut-away portion a pointer 28 mounted on slide bar 5 is movable along a ixed scale 29 in the adjacent end of the table top. Scale 29 is graduated in fractions of an inch.

When the table is to be used for cutting sheets measured in even inches, the .hand lever 23 will be so positioned that locking ratchet 25 is in the first notch of locking segment 26, and the pointer 28 is opposite the zero point on scale 29. At this time the two slides 3 and 5 will be so positioned in their slideways that none of the ends of the slides project beyond the edges of the table. If now it is desired to cut sheets measured in fractional inches, for example 32% inches, the operator will grasp handle 23, unlocking ratchet 25, and swing the lever 19 and slides 3 and 5 to the right until pointer 28 is opposite the 1/2 inch mark on scale 29. When handle 23 is released the-ratchet 25 will engage the corresponding notch in segment 26 and lock the parts in this position.

V' Then by placing straight-edge 7 between the proper pins 4 and 6 so that the right-hand side of the straight-edge is substantially o posite the pins marked y3,2, the score may e made, and if the sheet has been properly lined up with one edge along the fixed measuring edge 11 of the table, the sheet will be cut to the desired width of 321/2 inches. This is the position of parts illustrated in the drawings. By properly manipulating the hand lever 23 any other desired fractions of an inch may be added to the even inches marked on the scales 3 and 5.

Obviously, the scales maybe graduated in the metric system, or Vany other system of linear measurements, and the pins 4 and 6 spaced accordingly.

By means of set screws 15 operating in slots 16 the two scales 3 and 5 may be properly lined 'up with one another, and may be adjusted when necessary.

Claims:

lfA-'glass cutters table, comprising a plane sheet ysupporting member, a pair of parallel measuring-bars movably mounted in the member adjacent opposite edges thereof, and means for simultaneously adjusting the bars. f

2. A glass cutter-s table, comprising a plane sheet supporting member, a pair of parallel measuring bars movably mounted in the member adjacent opposite edges thereof, means for simultaneously moving the bars, means for locking the bars in adjusted position, and an indicator for measuring the extent of adjustment.

3. The combination of a table having a plane sheet supporting surface, a pairY of parallel measuring bars movably mounted in the table adjacent opposite edges of the supporting surface, each bar having a series of spaced projecting pins, a straight-edge having portions to cooperate with respective pins of each series, and means for simultaneously and equally adjusting the bars longitudinally.

4. The combination of a table having a plane sheet supporting surface, a pair of parallel measuring bars movably mounted in the table adjacent opposite edges of the supporting surface, each bar having a series of spaced projecting pins, a straight-edge having portions to cooperate with respective pins of each series, a rigid frame to whichthe two bars are secured, and means for adjusting the framev longitudinally of thel table.

5. The combination of a table having a plane sheet supporting surface, a pair of parallel measuring bars movably mounted in the table adjacent opposite edges of the supporting surface, each bar having a series of spaced projecting pins, a straight-edge having portions to cooperate with respectivev pins of each series, means for simultaneously and equally'adjusting the bars longitudinally, and an indicator for measuring the amount of adjustment.

6. The combination of a table having a plane sheet supporting surface, a pair of parallel measuring bars movably mounted in the table adjacent opposite vedges of the supporting surfaceJ each bar having a series of spaced projecting pins, a straight-edge having` portions to cooperate With respective pins of each series, a rigid Jframe to which the two bars are secured, means for adjusting` the frame longitudinally of the table,

and an indicator for measuring the amount of adjustment.

Signed at Charleston, in the county of 10 Kanawha, and State of West Virginia., this 6th day of November, 1923.

LAWRENCE A. GROLEMUND. 

